#BD4E37#BD4E37

#BD4E37 is a mid, vivid red. Relative luminance 0.165; OKLCH L 56.5% C 0.148 H 33.4°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 4.87:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#BD4E37
RGB	rgb(189, 78, 55)
HSL	hsl(10, 55%, 48%)
HSV	hsv(10, 71%, 74%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 58.7%, 70.9%, 25.9%)
CIE-LAB	lab(47.68, 43.29, 35.77)
CIE-LCH	lch(47.68, 56.15, 39.57°)
OKLab	oklab(56.54% 0.1239 0.0816)
OKLCH	oklch(56.54% 0.148 33.4)
XYZ	xyz(24.4027, 16.5467, 5.5225)
Luminance	0.1654 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	red

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Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#BD4E37 #37A6BD

analogous

#BD3763 #BD4E37 #BD9137

triadic

#BD4E37 #37BD4E #4E37BD

tetradic

#BD4E37 #63BD37 #37A6BD #9137BD

square

#BD4E37 #63BD37 #37A6BD #9137BD

split-complementary

#BD4E37 #37BD91 #3763BD

monochromatic

#5E271B #8E3A29 #BD4E37 #D17460 #DF9D90

Accessibility & contrast

On white

4.87

#BD4E37 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✗

On black

4.31

#BD4E37 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✓AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #BD4E37

4.87:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##BD4E37	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##BD4E37	1.00	4.87	4.31	4.87
#FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	4.31	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	4.87	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#6C6234

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#877A34

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#CF3649

Achromatopsia (no color)

#717171

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #bd4e37;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(189, 78, 55);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(56.5% 0.148 33.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#d8836f',
    500: '#bd4e37',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #bd4e37;
$custom-light: #d8836f;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#bd4e37",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 189,
    "g": 78,
    "b": 55
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 10.299,
    "s": 54.918,
    "l": 47.843
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.56543,
    "c": 0.14834,
    "h": 33.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.16543
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#BD4E37

secondary

#86BEC9

accent

#C5DE4A

background

#FEF8F6

surface

#FCEFEC

border

#D5CAC7

text

#160B07

muted

#847C7A

Preview Lab

Preview with #BD4E37

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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